Around the world, over 3 million people could well be descendants of the Irish warlord, Niall of the Nine Hostages. The Irish “High King” at Tara, the ancient center of Ireland from A.D. 379 ...

Although Niall of the Nine Hostages may not be a historical personage, the Uí Néill clan was clearly dominant. So, much like the hegemony of Genghis Khan, ...

Irish DNA goes back to Vikings as well as Niall of the Nine Hostages A group of residents in County Mayo discovered that they not only have the blood of an ancient high king but a little Viking ...

A 5th century Irish warlord known as Niall of the Nine Hostages may literally be the father of his country, says a genetic survey, which shows he has as many as 3 million direct male descendants.

It is astonishing," he says, "that I have a kinship with someone (Niall of the Nine Hostages) dating back to the fourth century A.D." Sponsored Content by Taboola. Popular Reads.

It suggests that the 5 th-century warlord known as “Niall of the Nine Hostages” may be the ancestor of about one in 12 Irishmen, say researchers at Trinity College Dublin, Ireland.

Yes, it turns out: a far more obscure, but no less fertile, conqueror known as Niall of the Nine Hostages. This fifth century warlord started with 12 sons, whose descendants now number 3 million ...

DONEGAL, Ireland, Mar. 17, 2007 — -- On St. Patrick's Day, everyone feels a little bit Irish. Officially, 34 million Americans can trace some of their ancestry to Ireland. But did you know ...

Gates believes that one of the descendants of Niall of Nine Hostages fathered all five of Jane's children. "Hoping to help solve this troubling mystery -- family legend had it that the father of ...